Look Before You Leap: What You Measure is What You Get - Dr. Jane Bozarth

Are your assessments and feedback getting you where you want to go?

Problems often occur because we don't really begin with the end in mind. Good assessments start with good objectives and clear outcomes, but too often are developed almost as afterthoughts to program design instead of being used strategically to support organizational goals.

Dr. Jane Bozarth provides an entertaining overview of the ways in which assessments fail to measure the right things, tips for improving your quizzes or tests, and methods for building them into design as an iterative process for formative assessment, not just "evaluation by autopsy" at the end of learning.

Dr. Jane Bozarth is an internationally known trainer, speaker, and author.

A training practitioner since 1989, Jane holds an M.Ed. in Training and Development/Technology in Training and a doctorate in Training and Development. She is the author of several books: Pfeiffer’s E-Learning Solutions on A Shoestring; Better Than Bullet Points; From Analysis to Evaluation; and, with Jim Kouzes & Barry Posner, The Challenge Continues workshop package. Her new book, Social Media for Trainers, offers concrete ideas for using social media tools to enhance and extend workplace training efforts. Following a 10-year stint as a member of Training Magazine’s “In Print” book review team, She began writing Learning Solutions Magazine’s popular “Nuts and Bolts” column.

In addition to her work as Elearning Coordinator for the state of North Carolina, USA, Dr. Bozarth has a longstanding collaborative relationship with InSync Training, LLC and serves as their Social Media Strategist. She has received a Live and Online Award, a Training Magazine Editor’s Pick Award, and a North Carolina State University Distinguished Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice.